Dorothy Carolyn Davison

Dorothy Carolyn Davison was born on June 18, 1925, in Lynchburg, Ohio. She was the daughter of Archibald and Pearl Hart. Graduating in 1943 from Lynchburg High School, she went on to attend business school in Hillsboro, Ohio. As a bookkeeper and cost accountant, she was later employed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

On June 24, 1948, she married Richard Parks Davison at Fairview Church of Christ in Hillsboro, Ohio. Richard preceded her in death on July 11, 2006. This union brought forth four children. For over 58 years, Carolyn served the Lord full time in her capacity as a minister's wife and mother, serving various churches in many states. Among those states were South Dakota, Ohio, Nebraska, Illinois, Missouri and Mississippi. She later attended Stokelan Drive Christian Church in Malden, Mo.

Carolyn was also preceded in death by her parents, Archibald and Pearl Hart Pulse; her step-father, Herbert Pulse; sisters, Hazel Frost, Nina Lovarco, Faye Doty, Elizabeth Ellison and Lillian Stacey; brothers James, Lowell, and Harold Hart; a step-brother, John Pulse; and a son-in-law, John Maddox.

Visitation was held at Landess Funeral Home in Malden from 12 - 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010, with funeral services having followed at 1 p.m. in the Landess Funeral Home Chapel in Malden with Mr. James Powell officiating.